Frederic Rouille

Frederic Rouille (died 7 September 1792) was a captain in the French Revolutionary Army during the French Revolutionary Wars, serving under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was responsible for marching on Le Grand Chatelet with a group of Jacobin Club extremists and beginning the extermination of prisoners and priests in the "September Massacres".

Biography
Frederic Rouille was born in Paris, France to a poor family. He became a member of the Templar Order at some point and took part in the French Revolution, becoming a member of the French Revolutionary Army and rising to the rank of Captain. Rouille was bloodthirsty and savage, and the Comte de Mirabeau refused to shake his hand while leaving from a speech that Rouille had attended.

Despite the mentor of the Assassin Order's refusal to politely greet him, Rouille continued to be an effective Templar. He assisted Templar merchant Marie Levesque in diverting grain shipments on the Seine River to Grand Master Francois-Thomas Germain's docks instead, starting the summer 1792 Les Halles Food Riots and the "Starving Times" of Paris. His role in the diabolical plots led to the Assassin Order recruit Arno Dorian targeting him on his list of targets.

When Napoleon Bonaparte became a military commander after leading the rear guard of the storming of the Tuileries Palace on 10 August 1792, Rouille fell under his command in Paris. Napoleon tried to have Rouille posted to a distant garrison where he would not be a threat to other soldiers or civilians, but Rouille had friends in high places, and was able to avoid being sent away, remaining in Paris as a garrison officer.

In September of 1792, the radical Rouille, inspired by the pamphlets of the fellow radical Jean-Paul Marat, decided to carry out a heinous crime. He led a band of thugs to Le Grand Chatelet in September of that year and planned to massacre all of the prisoners, guards, and priests in the area, showing his devotion to the revolutionary cause. Many radicals of the Jacobin Club of Maximilien Robespierre set out to aid in the act, which was encouraged by the Paris Commune (although French government guards were also being killed in the process).

Death
On 7 September 1792, Napoleon informed Arno Dorian of Rouille's intentions, and Arno set out for Le Grand Chatelet. He discovered some Jacobin thugs throwing guards out of watch towers and some more escorting French guards inside the prison, probably for execution. Arno freed the guards and used them in a diversion to attack the front gate as Arno entered the prison fortress himself.

On the roof, Rouille demanded to speak with the warden about the executions. As he was about to execute two French guards, Rouille was caught unawares by Dorian, who leapt from a post onto Rouille. Rouille was impaled by Arno's hidden blades, killing him and bringing the September Massacres to an end after over 1,000 deaths.